Analogue-sequencer

--- In analogue-sequencer@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Maddox" 
<Paul.Maddox@s...> wrote:
> All I need now is a drum sequencer to match!
> 
I bought myself a MAM SQ16 in a fit of desperation a few weeks ago 
and it's a mighty fine drum sequencer.  It can do pretty much 
everything except send patch changes and controllers, which is fine 
by me because i'd rather deal with all that stuff on the synth 
itself and leave the sequencer just for sequencing.  You can change 
patterns on the fly, mute tracks, have different drum setups for 
each pattern (which ultimately is similar to changing patches 
anyway)... and it has some really groovy stuff like accents that 
create MIDI delay instead of just velocity spikes, weird rotating 
pattern effects, all kinds of things.

It's two main failings are 1) no swing and 2) no tempo knob (inc/dec 
buttons instead).  Number two is manageable, and with a bit of 
creative patch programming on my drum source (E-mu XL-1) i can set 
accented hihats to be delayed, so that handles swing nicely.  For 
the price you really can't go wrong.

Alison